Emmit
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Following on from Clarky who thought his question "re batteries 'Daft'??? (He obviously doesn't know the definition. There was nothing daft about it)
I immediately apologise for the following drivel and the length of the post.
I am confused regarding the relationship between the Vehicle Battery and the pair of batteries I have in the Habitation area.
I have an X244 Fiat based Hobby. When I bought it we installed a pair of matched 110ahr batteries. Shortly afterwards we installed an 80watt solar panel on the roof and connected it, via a controller to the Hab batteries and for the past 22mths or so everything has worked good.
In September we embarked on a two month trip to Spain via France and the electrics worked well. On occasions we wilded for several days without going into the Red on the habitation side and, I put the continued good state of the batteries down to a combination of good weather and the Hab batteries being topped up via the alternator when we were on the move. So far, so good.
We arrived home on November 13th and at that point the vehicle had a rest and was not used.
I went to the 'van earlier this week and noted that the vehicle battery gauge had slipped down out of the Green into a mediocre state. The Hab. guage was holding up well. As the 'van had been sat on the drive for two months without turning a wheel I was not unduly concerned or worried. I took out the charger from the garage, gave the engine battery 24hrs on charge and the engine battery needle is now well into the Green.
However, and this is the main thrust of my confusion. I thought that the solar panel would have for the last two months have provided charge to the engine battery whilst at home. Are motorhomes wired up 'Ordinarily' to provide charge from the Habitation side to the Engine side when given juice by the solar panel.
My other point of confusion stems from the fact that after I had given the engine battery its 24hrs of charge, whilst the engine battery was much 'refreshed', the Hab side didn't appear to have received anything from the process.
Here's my simple??? question. Ordinarily, are the two batteries linked and can/does the supply of charge be it from the alternator or the solar panel provide charge to the 'opposite batteries.
See Clarky. I told you your question wasn't daft. I know mine is.
I immediately apologise for the following drivel and the length of the post.
I am confused regarding the relationship between the Vehicle Battery and the pair of batteries I have in the Habitation area.
I have an X244 Fiat based Hobby. When I bought it we installed a pair of matched 110ahr batteries. Shortly afterwards we installed an 80watt solar panel on the roof and connected it, via a controller to the Hab batteries and for the past 22mths or so everything has worked good.
In September we embarked on a two month trip to Spain via France and the electrics worked well. On occasions we wilded for several days without going into the Red on the habitation side and, I put the continued good state of the batteries down to a combination of good weather and the Hab batteries being topped up via the alternator when we were on the move. So far, so good.
We arrived home on November 13th and at that point the vehicle had a rest and was not used.
I went to the 'van earlier this week and noted that the vehicle battery gauge had slipped down out of the Green into a mediocre state. The Hab. guage was holding up well. As the 'van had been sat on the drive for two months without turning a wheel I was not unduly concerned or worried. I took out the charger from the garage, gave the engine battery 24hrs on charge and the engine battery needle is now well into the Green.
However, and this is the main thrust of my confusion. I thought that the solar panel would have for the last two months have provided charge to the engine battery whilst at home. Are motorhomes wired up 'Ordinarily' to provide charge from the Habitation side to the Engine side when given juice by the solar panel.
My other point of confusion stems from the fact that after I had given the engine battery its 24hrs of charge, whilst the engine battery was much 'refreshed', the Hab side didn't appear to have received anything from the process.
Here's my simple??? question. Ordinarily, are the two batteries linked and can/does the supply of charge be it from the alternator or the solar panel provide charge to the 'opposite batteries.
See Clarky. I told you your question wasn't daft. I know mine is.